title: A new intercellular adhesion molecule-1 allele identified in West Africans is prevalent in African-Americans in contrast to other North American racial groups.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. paz@po.cwru.edu
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wieseman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spalding
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Boatin
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Nutman
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005006:Ethnicity; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1